dran

dran

1. (anatomy) neck

Short form of daran

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• Rhymes: -an

dran

1. (informal) alternative form of daran

   Ich hab gar nicht dran gedacht. ― I didn't think about that at all.

2. (in the phrase dran sein with certain adjectives) to be in a particular situation

   schlecht dran sein ― to be in a bad spot, to be screwed

   spät dran sein ― to be running late (and therefore having to hurry)

   früh dran sein ― to be early, to have arrived earlier than necessary or expected

3. (in the phrase an (etwas) dran sein) to be (possibly) true

   „Was hältst Du von den Gerüchten?“ — „Ich denke, an denen ist etwas dran.“

   "What do you make of the rumours?" — "I think there might be something to them."

4. (informal, in the phrase dran sein) to be someone's turn (in a game, to do household chores, etc.)

   Synonyms: am Zug, also just sein

   Du bist dran! ― It's your turn!

   Wer ist heute mit dem Putzen dran? ― Whose turn is it to do the cleaning today?

5. (colloquial, in the phrase dran sein) to get it, to suffer consequences, punishment or retaliation

   Jetzt bist du dran! ― Now you're gonna get it!

• “dran” in Duden online
• “dran”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

dran

1. fresh water

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• ABVD as d̃an
• ASJP as de*an

• IPA^(key): /dʀan/, [dʀɑn]

dran

1. alternative form of doran (“therein”)

dran

1. fresh water

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

From Proto-Germanic *drēhaną.

drān

1. to emit an odour

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• “dran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• drǣn / dræn — hapax legomenon, Late West Saxon

From Proto-West Germanic *drānu (“drone”).

Cognate with Old Saxon drān (German Low German Drahn), dialectal German Drohne.

• IPA^(key): /drɑːn/, /drɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn, -ɑn

drān or dran f

1. male bee, drone

Strong ō-stem:

Strong ō-stem:

• Middle English: drane, drone
  • English: drone
  • Scots: dron